Modern Eloquence, Volume 4Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh J.D. Morris, 1900 |
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... Truth , a beautiful nude woman exhorting the singer to remain within the bounds of reason . the other side of the panel are Passion , poised in eagerness and rapture ; and Beauty , calm and contented . On JUSTIN MODERN ELOQUENCE EDITOR ...
... Truth , a beautiful nude woman exhorting the singer to remain within the bounds of reason . the other side of the panel are Passion , poised in eagerness and rapture ; and Beauty , calm and contented . On JUSTIN MODERN ELOQUENCE EDITOR ...
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... truth was deeper than the fact . What we call in America " Stump Oratory " -oratory in its roughest and most familiar shape - still plays a great part - a part which hardly seems to lessen in its influence over the people at large . To ...
... truth was deeper than the fact . What we call in America " Stump Oratory " -oratory in its roughest and most familiar shape - still plays a great part - a part which hardly seems to lessen in its influence over the people at large . To ...
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... truth with all its warmth and none of its coldness . Our sentences may be well rounded , for they need not be strictly just . Where we are at liberty to limit no adjective and cur- tail no sentence there results a beauty of diction , a ...
... truth with all its warmth and none of its coldness . Our sentences may be well rounded , for they need not be strictly just . Where we are at liberty to limit no adjective and cur- tail no sentence there results a beauty of diction , a ...
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... truth forever the outbursts of kindly enthusiasm which death has ushered in . In Congress the funeral oration still survives , and much eloquence still pervades the halls when death comes . Of course , there is much uttered which makes ...
... truth forever the outbursts of kindly enthusiasm which death has ushered in . In Congress the funeral oration still survives , and much eloquence still pervades the halls when death comes . Of course , there is much uttered which makes ...
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... truth could be evolved , these lectures were on chemistry , the steam - engine , and other subjects of what was then called " Natural Philosophy . " The Boston Lyceum was organized on the same plan . The Mechanics ' Association fell ...
... truth could be evolved , these lectures were on chemistry , the steam - engine , and other subjects of what was then called " Natural Philosophy . " The Boston Lyceum was organized on the same plan . The Mechanics ' Association fell ...
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